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Announcements & Press

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  • Read Brayden's story [1].
  • April is National Donate Life Month [2]:  This is a month set aside to raise awareness and to inspire the choice to be an organ and tissue donor.  Each of us has the power to save lives.  Click here to  Learn. [3]  Share [4].  Contribute [5].  Be a hero [6]!  Be an organ donor [7]!
  • Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine received a four thousand dollar endowment from the Colby Foundation for the eighth year. For the 2007 – 2008 academic year, the Colby Cassani Endowed Lectureship Series will take place in the spring. OSU COM is the first school to have received the Colby Foundation’s endowment.
  • “Intestinal transplants will now be subject to the same rules for reporting, tracking and allocation currently in place for other transplantable organs…Intestinal transplantation – which may include the esophagus, stomach, small or large intestine, or any portion of the gastrointestinal tract – is considered for patients with irreversible intestinal failure due to surgery, trauma, or acquired or congenital disease that cannot be managed through the intravenous delivery of nutrients, also referred to as total parenteral nutrition…” Read more [8]
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  • Advocates for the American Osteopathic Association highlight the work of the Colby Foundation. Read more [10]

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